Improved clothes-wringer



UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE,b

A. O. GALLAHUE, OF DOVER PLAINS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED CLOTH ES-WRINGER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,208, dated October 30, 1866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. G. GALLAHUE, of Dover Plains, in the county of Dutchess, State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Wringing Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this speeitication, in which- Figure l is'a side view of my invention; Fig. 2, a front view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Thisinvention relates to a new and improved clothes-wringing machineof that class in which pressure-rollers are employed.

The invention consists in a novel construetion and arrangementof the frame of the machine and a novel application of springs thereto, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the pressure of the rollers upon the clothes may be graduated as desired, the movable or adjustable roller adapted to suit clothes of various thicknesses, and the adj ustable roller allowed to yield or give readily to the varying thickness of the layer of clothes passing bef tween them, the above result being obtained by a very simple mode of construction, which admits of the machines being constructed at a very moderate cost. j

The frame of the machine is constructed of two sides, each of which is composed of two parts, A B. The parts A of these sides are provided at their lower ends with pendent rods a to t into sockets attached to the wash-tub, or to any suitable fixture connected with it or adjacent thereto. The partsA of the two sides are connected at a suitable distance apart by a rod or shaft, O, the ends of which pass through the parts A just above the upper ends of the rods a.

I) represents the shaft of the upper roller, i

E. This shaft D has its bearings in the parts A. F is the shaft of the lower roller, E', and this shaft F has its bearings on the lower portion of the parts B of the sides of the frame, said parts B being of right-angular form, or of a form approximating thereto, as shown by thedotted lines in Fig. 1. The ends of the shaft F pass through oblong slots b in the parts A, said slots admitting of a requisite degree of play of the shaft F.

The parts B have their bearings on the shaft Ov near the ends of the same, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2, and to the upper v ends of the parts B rods G are attached, on which india rubber tubular springs H are placed, and through the upper ends of the parts A screws I pass, said screws working in female screws in the parts A.

` The screws I are provided with handles J at their outer ends for the convenience of turn ing them, and each of said screws I `is made hollow, or with an internal opening extending a suitable distance through the screw from its inner end in the direction of the handle J.

The rod G is adapted to pass into the hol. low of the screw I, and the screw adjusts itself upon the rod, so as to embrace a greater or less portion thereof, according as the spring H is compressed to a greater or less extent. Thus, while the screw constitutes the means for adjusting the spring H, it also serves as a bearing and guide for .the rod G, which, together with the spring H, is thereby held against lateral displacement, and always kept in proper operating position.

By thus combining the hollow screw I with the supportingrod of the spring H, l am en abled to employ a longer, and consequently a stronger, spring than can he used in counection with adjusting devices in which the supporting-rod of the spring is moved simultaneously with the latter, for under my improved arrangement the rod G has an equally good bearing within the screw under all the various adjustments to which the spring is subjected.

From the above description it will be seen that by turning the screws I the springs H may be more or less compressed, and the lower roller, E', adjusted higher or lower, as may be desired, according to the pressure required against the upper roller, E. This willbe fully understood by referring to Fig. 1, in which the arrows l show the direction of the movement of the partB under the act-ion of the screws I.

It will also be seen that the springs H admit ofthe lower roller, E', yielding to an irregi be of indiafrubber or other suitable material.

I claim as Hewand desire to secure by Letters Pateut- The tubular springs H, in combination with the hollow screws I, or their equivalents, and rod G, arranged or applied to the upper ends of the parts A B,.to operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

A. C. GALLAHUE.

Witnesses:

JAS. A. SERVICE, ALEX. F. RoBERTs. 

